Biography EssayBobbie Ann Mason grew "so sick of reading about the alienated hero of superior sensibility" who so frequently dominates twentieth-century American literature that she decided to write f...
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The people and terrain of rural western Kentucky figure prominently in the fiction of Bobbie Ann Mason, a highly regarded novelist and short story writer. Herself a native Kentuckian, Mason has chroni...
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"'Born to Run' ... that's my whole history, and my whole psychology, and all my subject matter. I grew up 150-200 miles from any city. You simply didn't have much connection with the outside world. So...
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Bobbie Ann Mason grew "so sick of reading about the alienated hero of superior sensibility" who so frequently dominates twentieth-century American literature that she decided to write fiction about th...
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In the following essay, Dwyer argues that Samantha's quest to learn Vietnam's history in In Country represents a redefinition of patriotism, history, and the family structure.
The Vie...
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In the following essay, Krasteva maintains that while In Country takes place in an American South changed by urban life and pop culture, Mason does not strip her fictional world of the tenets of South...
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In the following essay, O'Brien discusses symbolism and imagery in the novel In Country, noting how these elements lend depth and breadth to Mason's characters as well as the novel itsel...
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In the following essay, Morrissey analyzes the bird metaphors in the novel In Country.
Birds and images of flight help to elucidate the psychological states of the principal characters of Bobbie An...
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In the following essay, Kinney examines how In Country metaphorically depicts the relationship between women and war.
Sex and war are the oldest of metaphorical bedfellows. Since World War II, writ...
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In the following essay, Stewart discusses what he feels to be the merits and flaws in the depictions of Vietnam veterans in the novel In Country.
Bobbie Ann Mason's 1985 novel In Country is ...
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In the following essay, Hill discusses the significance of food in Mason's Shiloh, and Other Stories and In Country. In particular, Hill compares the modern-day meals in Mason's stories ...
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Just how much control does one have over the course of life events? Such questions have plagued mankind since the beginning of time, and remain unanswered. Throughout history people have wondered if t...
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New York (dpa) - US President George W Bush Tuesday urged the US
Congress to support agriculture in developing countries by purchasing
food aid from local growers.
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Belgrade (dpa) - A two-day conference dedicated to the prohibition
of cluster bombs began Wednesday in Belgrade.
The meeting was scheduled on the initiative of the S...
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Rome (dpa) - The bird flu virus H5N1 could become endemic in parts
of Europe by entrenching itself in chickens and domestic ducks and
geese, the United Nations Food and Agri...
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Amsterdam (dpa) - Days before the Live Earth event gets underway
in the Netherlands, the Dutch government is facing criticism for
displaying a double standard concerning its...
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Amnesty International said Friday that at least 1,591 prisoners
were executed by their own governments in 25 countries last year, but
China, which accounted for about two-thirds of the total,...
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Asian Finance Bank, the third fully foreign-owned Islamic bank
to be set up in Malaysia, was officially launched Wednesday.
The bank, a joint venture between Qatar Islamic Bank, RUSD
Inve...
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Martina McBride, "Waking Up Laughing" (RCA)Fifteen years in, Martina McBride continues to look for new challenges. With "Waking Up Laughing," the big-voiced singer produces the album by herself (as...
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Critical Essay by June Dwyer
In Country
ROUNDUP: Bush wants US to buy food aid from in-country farmers
